In Hungary, farmers reacted to outbreaks of scrapie with a ruthless but effective policy of destroying all affected animals and their relatives.
Midwestern farmers looking for an alternative crop reacted to a growing demand for puppies, resulting in the development of the first commercial puppy business.
The farmers reacted by modernizing their equipment, improving the quality of their products, and applying new technical methods.
Hence, some farmers have reacted violently when faced with the prospect of receiving anything other than top dollar for their crops.
The changes often demanded that the farmer reacted fairly quickly, resulting in his encountering situations with which he was unfamiliar.
But even in dismal weather, good farmers can react, adapt and overcome.
Some of us remember how our farmer and storekeeper parents and grandparents reacted to neighborhood troubles.
It is by no means clear how farmers would react to any system which threatened to control their freedom to do as they please with their own land.
American farmers reacted to the heavy demand and high prices by expanding their production, many taking out mortgages to buy out their neighbors farms.
Immediately, the farmers reacted with stones and machetes and killed the agent.